Virginia Tech at #24 in Week 13 AP Poll, #25 in Coaches Poll

With yesterday's nerve-racking 20-14 win over Pittsburgh, the Hokies re-enter the polls coming in at #24 in the Week 13 AP Poll and #25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

The top four teams (or 9 for that matter) remain unchanged in the AP Poll from last week with Alabama, Miami, Oklahoma, and Clemson in that order. #5 Wisconsin survived it's test against Michigan and Miami put together a strong fourth quarter against UVA to avoid an upset. The only real shakeups to the polls were Kansas State upsetting then #10 Oklahoma State (#13 in CFP Ranking) and Wake Forest winning in exciting fashion to knock off then #25 NC State (#19 in CFP Ranking) in Winston-Salem. Northwestern (#23), Virginia Tech (#24), and Boise State (#25) all entered the AP Poll from being unranked last week while Michigan, West Virginia, and NC State dropped out.

The next College Football Playoff Ranking will happen this coming Tuesday, 11/21 at 7:00 EST on ESPN.

The only reason why we didn't see that beautiful goal line stand on any network last night or this morning is because we weren't ranked and it saddens me that the rest of the world couldn't fully appreciate the beauty that stand was for our team/program and seniors.

Goes to show you if you aren't on a national channel, then the voters just look at wins and losses. The fact that our offense vs. their incompetent defense played worse than dog shit and they propel us in the top 25 because we won makes me laugh. If anything, we should have moved down from our lackluster performance vs an inferior team... Whatever, I'll take it.

Well to preface, I think the ranking system is already broken/a joke. I don't look at same record and say they are identical because of record because SOS can vary by a lot. Sure we moved up because we won and other lost but do I think we are a "top 25" team? hell no... especially as of late.

Um, I see what you're saying, but it's not the same. It's all relative to the teams around you. Miami, was (at the time) ranked below several one-loss teams because they were playing ugly. The bar is a little lower at the top 20-25 range.